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EAN: 0018713044945 Format: Color, Special Edition, NTSC Label: GoodTimes Home Video Corp. Languages: Manufacturer: GoodTimes Home Video Corp. Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: 1990 Publisher: GoodTimes Home Video Corp. Running Time: 78 unknown-units Studio: GoodTimes Home Video Corp. Theatrical Release Date: 1957 Editorial Review: Product Description: Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott) is a small Arizona rancher who loses his horse in a gamble on his ability to break a wild animal. On his way back to his ranch on foot he's picked up by his old friend Rintoon (Arthur Hunnicutt), driver of a stagecoach. Among the stage's passengers are the newlyweds Doretta (Maureen O'Sullivan) and Willard Mims. Mims is a bookkeeper who has obviously married his wife for the money she'll inherit from her wealthy father who is a copper miner. Three killers hold up the stage, killing Rintoon. Their leader (Richard Boone) would just as soon dispatch the rest of the passengers as well, but the bookkeeper in an attempt to save his life suggests the bandit hold his wife for ransom. When the bandit leader leaves to collect the ransom he shoots Mims. Brennan tricks and shoots the two hechmen and when the leader returns with the ransom, Brennan outguns him. Brennan Doretta leave the kidnap hideout arm in arm. A HOLLYWOOD Movie Greats feature. Average Rating:
 Rating: - "The Tall T (1957) ... Randolph Scott ... Columbia Pictures Classic Westerns"Columbia Pictures presents "THE TALL T" (1957) (78 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Starring Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt & Skip Homeier --- Directed by Budd Boetticher and released in April 2, 1957, our story line and film, Having lost his horse in a bet, Pat Brennan hitches a ride with a stagecoach carrying newlyweds, Willard and Doretta Mims. At the next station the coach and its passengers fall into the hands of a trio of outlaws headed by a ... Read More Rating:  - Good 1950's westernSmall time Arizona rancher Pat Brennan played by an aging Randolph Scott has the misfortune of losing his horse in a wager over a bull, he had hoped to add to his stock. Hitching a ride in a stagecoach back home with a friend, along with a newly married couple Doretta and Willard Mims played by Maureen O'Sullivan and John Hubbard, they get ambushed by a gang of outlaws. Richard Boone, a personal fave, is outstanding as Frank Usher, the leader of the 3 man gang that includes remorseless ... Read More Rating: - It Ain't SpidermanThere are some great lines in this Western, as when good guy Randolph Scott says to bad guy Richard Boone, "I'm not gonna take a shot in the belly just `cause you're feelin' sorry for yerself". There better be a lot of good lines, because director Budd Boetticher's no-nonsense style and spartan values will turn any little flaw into one of those giant-sized boulders he so loved to film. This is movie-making at its neolithic, bare-bones best. Nothing gets in the way of the camera except dry desert, high ... Read More Rating: - OK, Columbia, Where's the DVD?This is one of the best of the remarkable series of westerns from the team of director Budd Boetticher and star/producer Randolph Scott. It's basis is typically strong material from original author Elmore Leonard ("Get Shorty") with a screenplay by Burt Kennedy, who would write several of the films in the series and go on to direct such films as "Support You Local Sheriff" and "The Rounders." The film starts out light-heartedly then proceeds to set the western on its head by the savage killings of three ... Read More Rating: - A giant Western!The presence of Randolph Scott (Pat) and the masterful direction of Budd Boetticher guarantee you a fabulous and rewarding cinematographic experience. Rancher Pat loses his horse in a bet trying to buy a bull, and for these destine ironies he will be lifted by a friend in a stagecoach when the future dramatis personae will develop with dramatic intensity. Greed, ambition, betray, double crossing, so characteristic of the low paths will face with the presence of a coward husband who tries to save his ... Read More |
